Combined letter-opener, pencil-sharpener, and eraser.



PATENTED' DEC. 6, 1904 A. F. REBHAN. COMBINED LETTER OPENER, PENCIL SHARPENER, AND ERASER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1904.

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No. 776,938. Patented December 6, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. REBHAN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL OCONNELL, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

COMBINED LETTER-OPENER, PENCIL-SHARPENER, AND ERASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,938, dated December 6, 1904. Application filed April 9, 1904. Serial No. 202,375- (No model.)

T all who? it y 0017/0877" dull edge on each side near the rear, but is Be it known that I, ALBERT F. REBHAN, a sharpened to a fine cutting edge at the point 6. 5o

citizen of the United States, and aresidcnt Attherearendofthehandleladownwardlv of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and turned lip or lug 7 is formed, which serves,

5 State of New York, have invented a new and as shown in Fig. 3, to raise the rear end of Improved Combined Letter-Opener, Peneilthe implement out of contact with the surface Sharpener, and Eraser, of which the followupon which it rests, so as to facilitate the lifting is a full, clear, and exact description. ing of the implement.

This lnvention relates to a combined letter- It is desirable to provlde upon the lower sur- IO opener, pencil-sharpener, and eraser; and the face of the handle adjacent to the notches 2 object of the invention is to provide a small, and 3 roughened portions 8 and 9, the utility compact, serviceable, and inexpensive impleof which will presently appear. ment of the character specified which maybe The implement above described is adapted conveniently carried about and which may be for use as a pencil-shar iener, as a letter- 5 easily manipulated. opener, and as an inleeraser. When used as With the objects above stated in view the a pencil'sharpener, the sharpened edges of the invention consists of the improved implement notches E2 and 3 in the handle are used, as 6 5 hereinafter described in two slightly-diiierent shown in Fig. 6, in which the pencil P is forms, illustrated in the accompanying drawshown as being drawn obliquely through one 20 ings, and having the novel features thereof of the notches. As the point of the pencil particularly pointed out in the appended passes from the sharp edge of the notch it claims. travels over one of the roughened surfaces 8 Similar parts are designated by similar charor 9, and the cutting action of the edge is supacters of reference throughout the several plementedbythegrindingaction of the rough- 5 views. ened surface upon the lead of the pencil.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of one form The tongue 4 of the implement serves both of the invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan as a letter-opener and as an ink-eraser. The view of the implement shown in Fig. 1. Fig. dull edges 5 near the rear end of the tongue 3 is an edge viewof the implement. Fig. 4: are well adapted for opening letters, because 3 is a view showing means for securing the penthese edges are too dull to out without a parcil-sharpening blades detachably upon the tial tearing action and will therefore follow handle of thcimplement. Fig. 5 is a secthe fold of the envelopflap. The sharpened 30 tional. view of part of the implement having point 6 of the tongue, however, is adapted to detachable, blades, and Fig. 6 is a perspective serve as an ink-eraser, and the edge is there- 35 view showing the use of the implement in fore made very sharp and is highly tempered. sharpening a pencil. In Figs. 4% and 5 I have illustrated another Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the form of the invention, comprising a handle 5 handle or body portion of the implement, portion 10, said handle portion 10 having which is preferably formed of thin metal-- notches arranged in the edges thereof and de- 4 such, for example, as sheet-steeland is protachable blades 11 and 12 of angular form sevide'd on opposite sides near its forward end cured in the notches by any suitable fastenwith notches 2 and 3 of slightly-different ing means, as the small plates 13, which are 9 forms, the edges of the notches being beveled riveted to the handle 10 adjacent to the sides upon the upper and lower surfaces of the hanof the notches. In this form of the invention 45 dle to present sharp cutting edges. From the the letter-opener and ink-eraser are precisely forward end of the handle 1 there extends a p the same as in the form of the invention as tongue 4 of metal, which is preferably formed first described and further description is reintegral with the handle and which has a rather garded as unnecessary.

The modified form of the invention having the detachable blades set into the notches in the handle is slightly more expensive to construct than the simpler form ofthe invention first described; but the blades may be replaced from time to time as they become worn, and the implement may therefore be made practically everlasting.

Both forms of the invention are very small and compact and may be conveniently carried in the pocket, if desired. hen the implement is laid upon a desk, the downwardlyturned lip or lug 7 at the end of the handle keeps the handle raised, so that it may be conveniently grasped by the fingers, and if the implement is thrust into a pigeonhole the lug 7 prevents the instrument from being thrust out of reach or being pushed under the contents of the pigeonhole, so as to be concealed from view.

lVhile the forms of the invention which I have described and illustrated are provided on each side of the handle with a notch having a cutting edge, it is obvious that the implement may be made with one notch only in the handle, if preferred.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An implement of the character specified, having in one side thereof a notch provided with sharpened edges, and having at one end a tongue sharpened to a fine edge at the point and to dull edges at the sides.

2. An implement of the character specified, having notches of slightly-different forms in opposite sides thereof, the notches being provided with cutting edges, and having a projecting tongue extending from the forward end of the implement.

3. An implement of the character specified, having a thin flat handle portion provided with a notch in the side and having a substantially V-shaped blade presenting an angular cutting edge disposed in one plane detachably secured in the notch at the side of the handle.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT F. REBHAN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE B. DOLSEN, LEWIS HOWLETT. 

